The schools don't know your ranking order. After siblings and special cases, they allocate places on proximity. So if it's the case you are accepted by more than one school you will be offered a place at the higher preference only (which frees up a spot at your lower choice). Of course this is all very well if you live close to more than one school, but as micheal points out, there are areas of SE23 that don't fall into any school areas based on recent years' furthest distances for offers.

This post was last modified: 03-04-2014 09:06 AM by ringingcod.